1. These appeals have been preferred by accused 1 to 3 in Sessions Case No. 63 of 1958 on the file of the Sessions Judge, Trivandrum. Criminal Appeal No. 21 is by the first accused, No. 22 by the third accused and No. 46 by the second accused. All the three were convicted under S.232,235 and 243 of the Indian Penal Code. The first accused was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for three years for the offence under S.232 and simple imprisonment for one year under S.243. The second and third accused were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for five years for the offence under S.232 and two years for the offence under S.243. No sentence was awarded for the offence under S.235, and all the sentences were directed to run concurrently.

2. The case for the Prosecution may be briefly stated: Accused 2 and 3 are the sons of the first accused. Pw. 9, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Chalai, Trivandrum, and Shri Sarangadharan, the Grime Branch Sub-Inspector of Trivandrum, were in the All India Exhibition grounds at Pazhavangadi at about 11-45 P. M. on 13-2-1958. While they were there they received information that the accused were counterfeiting coins at their residence at